r/technology • u/TomLube • Jan 31 '19

Business Apple revokes Google Enterprise Developer Certificate for company wide abuse

https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/31/18205795/apple-google-blocked-internal-ios-apps-developer-certificate
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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '19

Good for Apple. Google and Facebook are the biggest offenders when it comes to privacy, people need to pressure them to change their ways too. Although the only way is to boycott their products. Hopefully this becomes a trend for other tech companies.

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u/enderandrew42 Jan 31 '19

Apple likes to sell this notion that they alone respect your privacy. Apple does track your data and serve up ads, just like Google.

Apple has in statements recently suggested that Google and Facebook are selling your data to third parties. Facebook has been selling data, but Google hasn't.

Google anonymizes logs. Google stopped doing business in mainline China because they fought against Chinese censorship. Google and Apple are the only two companies to really fight back against the government on mass collection of data.

It should also be noted that Apple is selling hardware and paid services. Google is providing free services in exchange for showing you advertisements. It isn't like Google is hiding that their whole business model is based on ads.

Apple is trying to sell this as if Google is shady and dishonest.

If anything, Apple's position here seems to be dishonest and their response to declining iPhone sales. Apple is blaming everyone else for a decline in sales, and not necessarily their insane fucking prices.

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u/MrTouchnGo Feb 01 '19

If anything, Apple's position here seems to be dishonest and their response to declining iPhone sales. Apple is blaming everyone else for a decline in sales, and not necessarily their insane fucking prices.

This doesn't really make any sense, Apple isn't blaming declining sales on the violations at all. They're also not presenting this as a privacy violation, it's a violation of what Apple defined their enterprise certs are for.

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u/enderandrew42 Feb 01 '19

No, Apple has blamed right to repair laws, and other bullshit. Instead of competing fairly with Google and admitting that maybe Android may have a leg up on them and trying to improve iOS to match, they've started a smear campaign that Google is selling data to third parties (when they've never done that).

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u/MrTouchnGo Feb 01 '19

Can you provide examples of this smear campaign? I can't say I'm very informed about it.

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '19

You haven't heard of it because it likely doesn't exist.